Mark Butler's Port Adelaide office still inaccessible a year after complaint
Disability advocate Shane Hryhorec found the federal disability minister's Port Adelaide office remains inaccessible to wheelchair users.
Shane Hryhorec is an Adelaide wheelchair user. He visited Mark Butler's Port Adelaide electorate office and found the front entrance accessible only by stairs.
The doorbell to request wheelchair access via a delivery door was broken. Shane Hryhorec lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission.
When he returned this week, nothing had changed. Butler's office said a new accessible location is being renovated but the current office remains wheelchair accessible, a claim Hryhorec disputes.
He is now considering taking the complaint to Federal Court. Hryhorec has previously challenged Virgin Airlines over wrongly removing him from a flight and Adelaide Airport over denying him pickup from its disability zone.
He wants people with disabilities to have equal access to elected officials.
- Shane Hryhorec
- Complainant
- Mark Butler
- Minister
- 1 year
- Time between visits
- C5 incomplete quadriplegia
- Condition
Why it mattersA disability minister's own office being inaccessible raises serious questions about government commitment to inclusion and equality, and signals what advocacy groups can expect when government agencies fail to comply with disability rights.
AustraliaThis directly affects disability advocacy in Australia and tests whether the federal government and its ministers will be held accountable for complying with the same accessibility rules they administer.
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